Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-10
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AGAIN THE SALT QUESTION.
Something About the Bill Which Passed
the Last Legislature.
p,SPOSlNo OF STATE REALTY.
Tho University Students Organize
Their Battalion and Select ON.
cers-Board OF Regents FIX
Teachers' Salaries.
p,sPoslNo OF STATE REALTY.

JpRoM THE BEES LINCOLN BUREAU.l
A bill was worked through the legislature
at the last session which practically compels
the board of public lands and building to
treat with and lease to the Chicago parties
the salt interests adjoining the city In way
they have heretofore refused to do 1t has
been one of the schemes Of man named
Green, assisted by the columns OF the State
journal, to make the board Of lands and
buildings expend vast amount OF money In
dykes and bitches at the salt basin, these
parties averring II the state did this that they
would at once take lease and proceed
largely in the manufacture Of salt. The
board has along objected to sinking state
money In the scheme, from the fact
that the best brine yet found at the basin
only tests one-half the strength that eastern
salt ufacturers require in brine In order
to manufacture salt at living profit. This
man Green. aided by the State Journal, and,
II the BEES memory is not at fault further
aided BY epistOlary communications from
the veteran lobbyist Tom Kennard, has as
sisted In season and out OF season that
his company could manufacture salt In
paying quantities with brine at half
the strength required In New York and
Michigan. The board has veIy wisely re-
fused to spend the state money to assist In
such an experimental scheme and now bill
has been passed of the nature that If this
company 60 to the basin and for thirty days
make hundred barrels day then the state
shall make lease with them and 60 to work
In the dyke and ditch business. 1t Is gener-
ally understood that the plan this company
Is TO adopt is to flood the basin and let II
evsporate and then food 1t again and 80 on,
and it will be easily discovered that In .
couple Of months they can scrapc up the re-
quirsd amount of salt for thirty days to on
title them TO lease. And still the pro blenl
Of producing salt In paying quantities will be
unsolved, ana the state will embark in the
same character Of experiments that the board
has iu the past two years studiously avoided.
The board can do one thing, however, and
that is when the leasing time comes 1t car
maj non-transferable lease and stop any
sp6cu alton schemes that may be harb0red.
ARRANGING FOR THE sAI.E.
Tie bO,"d OF public lands and buildings at
itsla> sess' m arranged the details for the
prescribe, b. the act OF the last legislature
This act requires that the lots be appraised
and then advertised in papers east and west
and sold at auction on specified day to III!
cash and the balance In two annual pay
ments. The board has appointed II. J
Walsh, ID. q. Van Duyn. w. Nj. Gillspie, B
Cox and John II. McClay as the appraisers
and Ben D. Rhodes will act as auctioneer
The date of sale is not yet fixed.
A JOINT REUNION.
The proposed joint reunion at Omaha ant
Council Bluffs OF the q. A. r. in September
rs suggested by John Q. B0nnell. OF Lincoln
past department commander OF Nebraska, /
reported as meeting with great deal of ia
yof from among the old soldiers generally
Mr.. D0nnall proposes to 20 70 Dubuque. la.
April 10 70 81, and attend tine Iowa encAmp
ment held there ut that time, at which meel
Iowa reunion held At Council Bluds at th